tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post7949881198723816694..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: First use of McKenzie Friend in Scotland as Court of Session sweeps aside 40 years of lawyers monopoly over public access to justiceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27104267997597129262009-12-09T09:42:14.123+00:002009-12-09T09:42:14.123+00:00How very odd I cant find any newspapers covering t...How very odd I cant find any newspapers covering this.Are the Law Society giving the orders to the 'free' press in Scotland ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75780436285713110402009-12-06T22:13:36.950+00:002009-12-06T22:13:36.950+00:00Thanks for all your comments & emails on the i...Thanks for all your comments & emails on the issue of McKenzie Friends in Scotland.<br /><br />I am reliably informed another McKenzie Friend was allowed in the Court of Session last week, by the same Judge, Lord Woolman, and again, was made to sit behind the party litigant ...<br /><br />I will be reporting on this latest development during the week.<br /><br />Sorry there have been no articles in the past week .. I've been writing elsewhere and assisting in stories elsewhere. More to come ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1365810260493296612009-12-06T09:23:37.163+00:002009-12-06T09:23:37.163+00:00In my experience writing to the Scottish Parliamen...In my experience writing to the Scottish Parliament about a dishonest lawyer, is a waste of time. No one ever answered my letter about ending self regulation of all professions. Certain degrees in this country bestow criminal levels of protection on their recipients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-77903397841711919282009-12-05T18:28:50.436+00:002009-12-05T18:28:50.436+00:00Anonymous said...
Point of Information : Mackenzie...Anonymous said...<br />Point of Information : Mackenzie Friends are not allowed to be given payment for any assistance they offer.<br /><br />7:38 PM<br /><br />Why ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-166575658337034912009-12-05T16:17:39.018+00:002009-12-05T16:17:39.018+00:00Fergus Cochrane at the Parliament seems to think y...Fergus Cochrane at the Parliament seems to think you are behind all this.He also seems to hate your guts.Any comment on that ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19237889052911417282009-12-05T12:53:28.207+00:002009-12-05T12:53:28.207+00:00An excellent posting as ever Mr Cherbi and I too s...An excellent posting as ever Mr Cherbi and I too support McMenzie Friends for Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86133445635401378702009-12-04T00:30:50.754+00:002009-12-04T00:30:50.754+00:00Comment left at 2:23
So true, lawyers take cases ...Comment left at 2:23<br /><br />So true, lawyers take cases on and they and the family doctors, consultants make money preparing reports. <br /><br />If any reader has lost a litigation case where they needed medical evidence, their family doctor and the others above have covered your injuries up. They will do the same for Motherwell College, if the person suing does not have visible injuries.<br /><br />Cameron Fyfe did this to me. All Scotlands litigation lawyers will never tell you your employer and all lawyers are insured by the same company. Easy money for them, no justice for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78180473814345410832009-12-03T22:14:25.486+00:002009-12-03T22:14:25.486+00:00I also read the bit in the Scotsman but cant find ...I also read the bit in the Scotsman but cant find it on their website.Anyway good luck for the person who was persistent enough to give us a McKenzie Friend !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57865931757114317512009-12-03T19:38:56.588+00:002009-12-03T19:38:56.588+00:00Point of Information : Mackenzie Friends are not a...Point of Information : Mackenzie Friends are not allowed to be given payment for any assistance they offer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-83517486518676371922009-12-03T18:01:09.979+00:002009-12-03T18:01:09.979+00:00Someone better tell the staff at Edinburgh Sheriff...Someone better tell the staff at Edinburgh Sheriff court about McKenzie Friends being allowed because I asked them and they said "not in Scotland"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17503589819774130902009-12-03T14:04:12.177+00:002009-12-03T14:04:12.177+00:00Four decades is a long time for the Scots to be re...Four decades is a long time for the Scots to be refused McKenzie friends in our courts. Lord Woolman has opened the door, much to the Law Societies dismay, but I still could never bring myself to trust lawyers. I also agree with Peter when he stated<br /><br />"Scottish staff of the Which? consumer group have been very active supporting the McKenzie Friends issue, as have staff from Consumer Focus Scotland, several politicians such as Margo MacDonald, who has been 'a gem' as always, giving her all on the McKenzie Friend issue, David Whitton, who similarly tackled the Justice Secretary & others during the Scottish Parliamentary debate on Lord Gill's proposals, and also several campaign groups, some of whom whose members have suffered at the hands of the justice system through lack of legal representation through no fault of their own, and of course, the Petitioner himself has engaged frequently with the Scottish Parliament's Petitions Committee to ensure the petition gets the attention it deserves".<br /><br />I wrote to Margo MacDonald myself on this issue and she has been a gem. Now it is Mr MacAskill's Law Society that needs the FOI act exemption removed. It is not a professional body Mr MacAskill, more like a lawyer protection racket. The public interest must be the case for removing this exemption from a lawyers protection club, that crush clients so horrifically that they take their own lives. As long as professions self regulate, trust will be impossible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48692981144901158512009-12-03T11:46:41.059+00:002009-12-03T11:46:41.059+00:00DANGER, CLIENTS BEWARE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY WIT...DANGER, CLIENTS BEWARE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY WITH ANY LAWYER, HEED PETER'S WARNING BELOW, HE IS A MAN WITH MORE GUTS THAN THE 10,000 SELF REGULATING LAWYER CROOKS IN SCOTLAND TODAY<br /><br /><br />Your money is no longer safe with your lawyer. £50 million plus of money belonging to clients of Scottish legal firms is at considerable risk of loss, after revelations the Law Society’s Guarantee Fund has less than £2 million left in its coffers to cover the millions held by Scottish solicitors on behalf of their clients in everything from house purchases & sales to the administration of wills, investments & settlement payments.<br /><br />Advisory My advice : Clients should immediately withdraw their funds from any legal firm or solicitor who may be holding monies on their behalf. If you have funds being held by your solicitor, make it your priority this week or as soon as possible to ensure the safety of your wealth, or you may end up losing it.<br /><br />There is simply no way the legal profession can guarantee the safety of your money in the wake of the financial downturn. You will have to be the best judge yourselves as to how to safeguard your own wealth, but trusting it to your solicitor who lacks any protection for its loss, is no longer an option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56151100687722308732009-12-02T23:21:35.691+00:002009-12-02T23:21:35.691+00:00Self regulation, that liars charter that protects ...Self regulation, that liars charter that protects people who should be jailed. One day self regulation will be obliterated for all professions, and FOI will apply to our enemy The Law Society of Scotland. People should never complain to the Society or the SLCC, the Scottish politicians front for protecting crooked lawyers. <br /><br />The Scottish Legal System is a corrupt protection racket whereby no client is safe from lawyers because their masters who receive complaints bury complaints, just like Douglas Mill, who had his reputation destroyed by swearing on his grannys grave he did not protect corrupt lawyers. It is not so nice Douggie old boy when you are on the receiving end, as you well know when John Swinney made you fall of your sword, because you were fibbing to the justice 2 committee.<br /><br />You Douglas and your colleagues are thorns in the flesh of the people of Scotland, and one day self regulation will end. Self regulators have too much power for the good of their victims. <br /><br />The Law Society Persuers Panel are criminals hell bent on protecting lawyers, I am sure Peter would agree with this.<br /><br />People of Scotland TRUST NO LAWYER, IT IS PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30667237683692263232009-12-02T14:23:06.489+00:002009-12-02T14:23:06.489+00:00Accident Claims Advice: If you believe your health...Accident Claims Advice: If you believe your health has been affected by your work place and thinking about contacting a Solicitor about making a Claim against your Employer, you will need to clearly document everything about how your health problems came about. Printed documents are best as hand writing can be hard to read by anyone other than the person that wrote it.<br /><br />A WARNING ABOUT BEING IN EMPLOYMENT.<br /><br />PLEASE DO NOT GO TO A SOLICITOR YOU WILL GET NO DAMAGES AND HAVE TO PAY THE LEGAL AID BILL WHEN YOUR CASE COLLAPSES.<br /><br />YOU CANNOT WIN BECAUSE<br /><br />SCOTLANDS LAWYERS, DOCTORS (YOU WILL NEED MEDICAL REPORTS STATING YOUR EMPLOYER INJURED YOU) AND EMPLOYERS ARE ALL INSURED BY ROYALSUN ALLIANCE. <br /><br />DOCTORS AND LAWYERS WILL COVER EVERYTHING UP TO PROTECT ROYALSUN ALLIANCE. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES, THEY DO NOT WANT THE PUBLIC TO REALISE THIS FACT. YOU CANNOT BEAT A SYSTEM WHERE LAWYERS INSURERS WOULD BE PAYING YOUR DAMAGES.<br /><br />SCOTLANDS LITIGATION LAWYERS PROMISE CLIENTS THEY CAN WIN DAMAGES, WHEN THEY ARE GETTING LEGAL AID MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYER TO PROTECT ROYALSUN ALLIANCES. IT IS A CRIMINAL SETUP. SCOTLANDS LAWYERS AND DOCTORS WOULD RATHER SEE A PATIENT OR CLIENT DEAD THAN GIVE THEM DAMAGES. THEY DO NOT CARE IF YOU CANNOT WORK AGAIN, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT AFFECT THEM. IT HAPPENED TO ME, I WANT TO STOP IT HAPPENING TO OTHERS.<br /><br />FINALLY NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR LAWYER, DOCTOR, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THESE COMPLAINTS ARE MORE CORRUPT THAN THESE BASTARDS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTHING BUT A LEGAL AID BILL. DOCTORS CAN SEND AN INJURED PERSON BACK TO WORK, BECAUSE THE INJURED PERSON HAS NO RIGHTS, THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE EVIL SCUM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-88751549999145088362009-12-02T11:27:28.860+00:002009-12-02T11:27:28.860+00:00BBC NEWS 2nd December 2009.
Solicitors who took m...BBC NEWS 2nd December 2009.<br /><br />Solicitors who took millions of pounds from compensation payouts given to sick miners have lost their appeal against being struck off for misconduct.<br /><br />James Beresford and Douglas Smith of Doncaster-based Beresfords Solicitors had denied 11 counts of serious professional misconduct. (They all do that).<br /><br />A tribunal last year found eight of the allegations against them proven.<br /><br />Three High Court judges have now upheld the tribunal decision to strike them off the Roll of Solicitors. (Judges are right, protect the public, not the lawyers).<br /><br />Good morning Peter,<br /><br />Just proves what you say, "People ask me which law firm to trust? There are none", although this case is in England robbing ill people is evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11192960103907054732009-12-02T09:56:39.756+00:002009-12-02T09:56:39.756+00:00Now that newspapers are going to charge for their ...Now that newspapers are going to charge for their crappy websites I'm sure you will win big time on spreading the message about crooked lawyers because theres no way I am going to fork out even 10p to read the lawyers point of view in our non-impartial newspapers.<br /><br />Keep up the good work (and keep it free !)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71335621843152077762009-12-02T07:03:40.910+00:002009-12-02T07:03:40.910+00:00Trust Scotland to mess up even the simplest & ...Trust Scotland to mess up even the simplest & basic of legal terms.<br />McKenzie Friends work fine down here and I've never heard of lawyers crowing over how much money they lose to a McKenzie Friend but maybe the Scottish end are just too greedy for their own good.<br /><br />Keep us updated please !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60722074435326417892009-12-01T13:43:12.620+00:002009-12-01T13:43:12.620+00:00Anonymous said...
Hi Peter and hope you had a Hap...Anonymous said...<br /><br />Hi Peter and hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving.<br />Let me tell you I think this blog is one of the finest websites from Scotland and I just cant stand lawyers myself so its great to read someone taking them on as you do !<br /><br />Happy St Andrews Day when it comes 'brave laddie' !<br />===================================<br />Yes my friend you are correct a brilliant website, dedicated to justice by a man who has been robbed by Penmann Howitt and the rest. As one lawyer said "we have paid a terrible price for saving Private Penmann". <br /><br />Self regualtion encourages criminality because the penalites are a slap on the wrist at most, the Law Society/SLCC are poison, the sworn enemies of all clients.<br /><br />Alex Salmond said last night on TV "the Scottish people have a right to decide on independence," but the same man and his so called justice minister want to leave Scots with no legal remedy against a corrupt lawyer. These people are the antithesis of justice, they are so loyal to lawyers (MacAskill is one) that they do not care about the general public when they become victims if this most corrupt profession. <br /><br />It beggars belief that people with horrendous amounts of power are not strictly controlled, many lawyers belong behind bars, they, doctors and accountants are Scotland's teflon criminals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11421597915813614362009-12-01T10:45:06.961+00:002009-12-01T10:45:06.961+00:00Good reporting Peter.I too hope this is the first ...Good reporting Peter.I too hope this is the first of many McKenzie Friends to rock Scotland's legal elite to the ground !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-46383832873482565782009-11-30T17:18:22.943+00:002009-11-30T17:18:22.943+00:00You said there was to be a story in the Scotsman a...You said there was to be a story in the Scotsman about McKenzie Friends today ?<br />I've looked through their website and cant find it.Any link please ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79488756539523330542009-11-30T16:14:55.185+00:002009-11-30T16:14:55.185+00:00Anonymous said...
Does anyone know the longest run...Anonymous said...<br />Does anyone know the longest running civil action to have been heard in Scotland?<br /><br />10:42 PM<br /><br />Good question which I'd also like answered please :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65093499612533180542009-11-30T14:50:49.727+00:002009-11-30T14:50:49.727+00:0040 years too late and now there should be an inqui...40 years too late and now there should be an inquiry why it took 40 years to do something about itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6155399392212934352009-11-30T12:14:14.771+00:002009-11-30T12:14:14.771+00:00Page 39 of the hootsmon has their bit on McKenzie ...Page 39 of the hootsmon has their bit on McKenzie Friends.Large piccie of Brian Gill doing his bit and at least Mr MacKenzie gets a few quotes.<br /><br />Keep up the good work !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55053742708871906192009-11-29T23:30:30.103+00:002009-11-29T23:30:30.103+00:00Hi Peter and hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving.
Le...Hi Peter and hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving.<br />Let me tell you I think this blog is one of the finest websites from Scotland and I just cant stand lawyers myself so its great to read someone taking them on as you do !<br /><br />Happy St Andrews Day when it comes 'brave laddie' !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-28284563031030165942009-11-29T15:30:33.979+00:002009-11-29T15:30:33.979+00:00Well I wonder what Douglas Mill thinks of this McK...Well I wonder what Douglas Mill thinks of this McKenzie Friend development, not that it matters but I am sure he will be burning with rage? <br /><br />If we can use a McKenzie Friend Douglas we will not have to deal with the likes of you at your Law Society of Scotland. I know you are far too immature to realise you and your lawyer colleagues by your conduct have caused the pressure groups in the first place. Lawyers are the pits, and I urge readers to avoid them at all costs. Never leave your lawyer in charge of your money, or you will lose it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com